Against

/əˈɡeɪnst/

Synonyms for "against" (94 found)

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Closest matches (19)

aboutacrossadverse toaproposas toat cross purposesat cross-purposes withathwartconconcerningconfrontingcontracontrary tocounter todead against
Noun(1 words)
Preposition(3 words)
compared withcontrarilycounter to

Strong matches (28)

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in defiance ofin disagreement within front ofin opposition to
Preposition(4 words)
in comparison within contact within oppositionin opposition to

Related words (47)

in order toin passage toin preparation forin spite ofin transit toindignantlownext toonon route toopposedopposed toopposingoppositeopposite toover againstpoorreregardless ofresistant
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Preposition(8 words)
in relation toopposed tooppositelypressed againsttouchingup againstv numeralsversus
Noun(2 words)
objecting tov symbol

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries
comparative prepositioncontrastdirectional termfunction wordmotion descriptoroppositionprepositionspatial preposition

More specific

11 entries
frictionin comparison within opposition toin relation tooppositionpressed againstrefusalresistanceup againstversuswind resistance

Collocations

10 entries
against all oddsagainst each otheragainst the clockagainst the grainagainst the rulesagainst the wallagainst the windgo againststand againstvote against

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

Source: tatoeba (1321)

Are you for or against abortions?

Source: tatoeba (1837)

Every time I join a new game of Warcraft, I am pitted against a new team of adversaries.

Source: tatoeba (1912)

I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.

Source: tatoeba (2264)

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